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Signals from the annual accounts, the CBE and the Official Gazette, each with its threshold and source. No score, no verdict.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 36 % of short-term debt in 2026; threshold 65 %.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 28.3 to 23.8.
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Busy address KBO
36 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2026
De Blauwe Leeuw from Lille, company number BE0741348828, closed financial year 2026 with a result of € 20,473 after tax. For that financial year De Blauwe Leeuw recorded a gross margin of € 1.3 million and equity of € 85,917. Compared with financial year 2025, the result moved from € 2,373 to € 20,473. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 31, 2026.
€ 85,917
▲ 153% vs 2025
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 20,473
▲ € 18,099 vs 2025
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 484,028
▲ 1% vs 2025
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 10,000 paid out
49 % of the profit went to the shareholders, mostly to BLAUW BLOED (100 % of the shares). That is where the money ends up.
People and assets in 2026
23.8
▼ 3.8 vs 2025
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 797,746
▼ 16% vs 2025
€ 33,500 per full-time equivalent. Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 2,250
▼ 49% vs 2025
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2026
€ 728,959
▼ 35% vs 2025
€ 396,140 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 2 years.
€ 1.2 million
▼ 16% vs 2025
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 217,678
▲ 1% vs 2025
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Change 2025 → 2026 | |
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| Gross margin | € 1,407,146 | € 1,482,229 | € 1,459,624 | € 1,299,400 | ▼ 11% |
| Profit after taxes | € 0 | € 5,196 | € 2,373 | € 20,473 | ▲ € 18,099 |
| Equity | € 26,375 | € 31,571 | € 33,944 | € 85,917 | ▲ 153% |
| Total debts | € 3,254,935 | € 2,869,714 | € 2,742,862 | € 2,142,356 | ▼ 22% |
| Cash | € 639,494 | € 545,679 | € 477,668 | € 484,028 | ▲ 1% |
| Retained profit | € 6,375 | € 11,571 | € 13,944 | € 24,417 | ▲ 75% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | € 10,000 | |
| Bank debt | € 1,761,756 | € 1,388,719 | € 1,117,295 | € 728,959 | ▼ 35% |
| Balance sheet total | € 3,281,310 | € 2,901,285 | € 2,776,807 | € 2,228,272 | ▼ 20% |
| Employees (FTE) | 28.8 | 28.3 | 27.6 | 23.8 | ▼ 3.8 |
Key figures of De Blauwe Leeuw, fiscal years 2023 to 2026, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2027) expected before 31 August 2027.
What happened to De Blauwe Leeuw?
What happened at De Blauwe Leeuw in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Peeters-Govers NV stepped down as director. NBB
- Kippenbout BV stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2026: profit of € 20,473 (▲ € 18,099 vs 2025). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Sint-Pieters-Leeuw. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 0 profit in 2023 to € 20,473 profit in 2026.
Paid € 18,335 in corporate taxes since 2023.
Best year ever: 2026, with € 20,473 profit.
On average € 54,600 of value added per employee in 2026.
Management
The stake of BLAUW BLOED comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
De Blauwe LeeuwThe shares are held by BLAUW BLOED (100%).
Directors
According to the 2026 annual accounts
Director · represented by Jan Peeters
Also active at: A. & W. BROECKAERT, Delidis, MEAT DISTRICT, COPEGO, VLEBA, Peeters-Govers Winkelbedrijf, Peeters-Govers Kempen, PEETERS-GOVERS EXPO +24 more
· until 2031
Director · represented by Matheus Heeren
Also active at: PEETERS-GOVERS SILSBURG, Benelux Food Group, Haan, Hen, BLAUW BLOED, Het Blauwe Fort, De Blauwe Heerlijkheid, De Blauwe Grens +10 more
· until 2031
Shareholders
100%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Kloosterstraat 58
2275 Lille
Bergensesteenweg 65 box A
1600 Sint-Pieters-Leeuw
Active since 8 June 2020
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 36 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →Delidis same network
€ 2.4 million gross margin · 2026
MEAT DISTRICT same network
€ 30,629 gross margin · 2026
HET GROTE GEBOUW
€ 408,614 revenue · 2026
COPEGO same network
€ 1.5 million revenue · 2026
VLEBA same network
€ 2.4 million gross margin · 2026
+31 more
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0741.348.828
- VAT number
- BE 0741.348.828
- Registered office
- Kloosterstraat 58, 2275 Lille
- Names & denominations
- De Blauwe Leeuw
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 9 January 2020
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001
- Activities · NACE
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